All Appropriations Legislation - Kentucky

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 39F to provide definitions for rescue and search and rescue programs; describe how a rescue squad is formed and require at least 12 persons in order to form a rescue squad; require that 65 percent of members of the rescue squad be trained if there are more than 12 members; specify duties of a rescue squad and prohibited activities for a rescue squad; require rescue squads to comply with the provisions of the chapter; require rescue squads to be formally affiliated with a local government, by ordinance or by memorandum of agreement or with the Council on Rescue Personnel and Services; limit agreements to four years without renewal; permit the council to grant statewide affiliation agreements to rescue squads providing statewide or regional services by memorandum of agreement for not more than four years without renewal; specify contents of an affiliation agreement or ordinance; permit the local government to revoke an agreement with 30-day notice; provide [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to provide for the certification of personal service agencies; define the terms "agency," "cabinet," "client," "department," "designated representative," "family," "personal services," "personal services agency"; and, "parent personal services agency"; require a personal services agency to be certified; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; require personal services agencies to have written policies and procedures maintained by the agency and disclosed to the client, written personal service agreements, and written personal services plans; qualify that only personal services agencies meeting standards for certification will be granted a certificate; require each application for certification to be made to the department, accompanied by a fee, and to expire one year from the date of its receipt; require renewals to be accompanied by an additional fee; require the personal services [...]

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Establish KRS Chapter 175B and create 20 new sections thereof to: Provide definitions; establish the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, specify membership, meeting requirements, staffing, and operations; state the purpose and powers of the authority; direct authority to evaluate potential projects, require that projects be proposed by a local government and approved by the department; permit tolling, establish requirements for level of tolling, direct how proceeds of tolls and other revenues shall be used; permit authority to contract with the department for construction and operations, specify that the authority shall maintain control of projects and revenues from projects; authorize projects constructed by the authority to include interchanges with existing roadways; permit authority to issue administrative regulations, permit public utilities to utilize rights of way under specific circumstances; permit agreements for use of real estate assets of the authority by [...]

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Amend KRS 56.770 to define "cabinet," "high-performance building," "high-performance building standards," and "public building"; amend KRS 56.772, 56.774, 56.775, 56.778, 56.783, and 56.784 to conform; amend KRS 56.775 to require that all construction or renovation of public buildings for which 50% or more of the total capital cost is paid by the Commonwealth be designed and constructed or renovated to meet the high-performance building standards; require that all buildings leased by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies meet the high-performance building standards; require incorporation of ENERGY STAR-qualified products to the extent feasible; create a new section of KRS 56.770 to 56.784 to create a High-performance Buildings Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations and develop standards and criteria; amend KRS 56.782 to require the Finance and Administration [...]

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The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds totaling $373,860,900 in fiscal year 2008-2009 and $417,579,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010; provide a five percent salary adjustment in each fiscal year for non-elected court personnel, Justices, and Judges; include funds for salaries of circuit clerks as contained in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide funds for salary adjustments for all elected and non-elected officials; provide funds for drug court sites; provide funds to reinstate 157 positions; provide funds for an additional family court judgeship in both the Sixth and Fifteenth Circuits; provide funds for e-filing; provide funds to support retirement payouts for Judicial Branch employees; provide funds for the Carlisle County Judicial Center; provide funds for an Administrative Office of the Courts Building; provide funds for the expansion of the Madison County Family Court; provide funds to compensate local governments [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the secretary of the Education Cabinet to convene representatives of the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, the postsecondary education institutions, the Kentucky Department of Education, and the secondary area technology centers to design a program to establish 12 transition academies in high schools to implement a curriculum that will allow students to earn at least 30 hours of college credit toward a postsecondary education credential; require that the curriculum include an academic and career track with career choices decided by the community partners; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a competitive grant program to fund transition academies; require state funded grant awards of $100,000 each year and a required match of $100,000 match from local education partners and $100,000 from local public and private partners; permit [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to establish the state rail bank fund; define terms for the chapter; allow the Transportation Cabinet to acquire all or part of any abandoned rail line or right-of-way proposed for abandonment by purchase or gift; outline the eligibility criteria for the acquisition of an existing rail line or right-of-way or an abandoned rail line or right-of-way; require an environmental audit of property proposed for acquisition; allow the Transportation Cabinet to accept the donation of an abandoned rail line or right-of-way from a railroad company; require that all donated rail lines and rights-of-way be held in the state rail bank fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to provide for the maintenance of any rail line or right-of-way in the state rail bank; allow the Transportation Cabinet to sell or lease any rail line or right-of-way held in the state rail bank; require the Transportation Cabinet to retain a possibility of reverter to revert property back [...]

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts, under certain conditions, to provide a salary supplement to teachers of chemistry, physics, or mathematics and to teachers of chemistry, physics, or mathematics employed in schools with a high concentration of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that beginning no later than the 2009-2010 academic year, monetary rewards be distributed to teachers as specified for AP calculus, chemistry, and physics based on student test scores and eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch; limit the maximum annual aggregate award amount to $10,000 per teacher; specify that awards to teachers are a necessary government expense if the Department of Education's appropriations are insufficient establish that the monetary awards for teachers shall not be used in the calculation [...]

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Amend KRS 65.250 to specify certain criteria for the approval of interlocal agreements; amend KRS 65.260 to grant the Governor's Office for Local Development the right to review all interlocal agreements; amend KRS 311A.155 to require the board to grant preference to a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; increase the reimbursement to a county for lost equipment for a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; reduce the deduction from state aid for reimbursement of lost equipment to a county for lost equipment for a county that has entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; amend KRS 39C.020 to increase supplementary state funds for those regional emergency management districts created through valid interlocal agreements; amend KRS 258.119 to require the Commissioner [...]

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Amend KRS 222.001 to include problem gambling in the chapter; amend KRS 222.003 to add voluntary or self-help problem gambling programs to programs not affected by KRS Chapter 222; amend KRS 222.005 to specify that chapter definitions do not apply to Sections 4 through 6; create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the problem gamblers awareness and treatment fund administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and appropriate moneys to promote awareness of and treatment for problem gambling, specify uses for the fund, establish incremental funding mechanisms and limitations on expenditures; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for the program and the application process; amend KRS 138.510 to partially fund the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund from the total amount wagered in Kentucky subject to excise taxes; amend KRS 154A.130 to partially fund the compulsive gambling awareness and treatment fund from the [...]

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Center for Youth Development; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to contract with a public institution of higher education to operate the center; state the mission of the center; require the center to establish a clearinghouse for information and materials, provide programs, analyze data, research and evaluate youth development programs; administer a positive youth development grant program, promote interagency efforts to address positive youth development, prepare and disseminate best practice information, advise the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council, and provide an annual report; require the 21 member council to be appointed; require the council to be attached to the cabinet and given administrative support from the center; require the council to meet quarterly; permit the establishment of subcommittees by the council; establish duties of the council; require the council to submit an annual [...]

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Amend KRS 158.810 to define "career pathway" and "career pathway program of study"; amend KRS 158.812 to clarify purposes of career and technical education and legislative beliefs; create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation that specifies the criteria for classifying high schools as chronically low-performing; to require school improvement plans; require the Kentucky Board of Education to identify minimum college and career-readiness standards; develop remedial courses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to develop evidenced-based models for at-risk students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to establish a career and technical education accessibility fund for matching grants to local school districts to be administered by the Education Cabinet; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for implementing the grant program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define "career [...]

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Establish KRS Chapter 239 to authorize gambling at horse racing tracks and casinos; create numerous definitions; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission; establish the duties and responsibilities of the commission; require the commission to determine the occupations related to casino gaming and the qualifications for an occupational license; establish the application procedures for a casino, racing association gaming, limited racing association gaming, and supplier's license; establish the requirements and qualifications for all gaming-related licenses; prohibit a licensee from transferring or assigning the license without prior commission approval; permit a casino or racing association gaming licensee to conduct gaming operations from a temporary facility under certain conditions; require racing association gaming licensees and limited racing association gaming licensees to make certain requests to the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority regarding the number of racing days the licensee will [...]

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